Burden of asthma by severity and exacerbation frequency among adult patients naive to biologic asthma therapy: A Finnish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the disease burden and characteristics of asthmatic patients with frequent exacerbations is important for optimal disease management and outcomes. Asthma, and especially severe uncontrolled asthma, associates with an increased disease burden, but the comparison across asthma severity and exacerbation frequency is largely missing.

Objective

We sought to assess the association of asthma severity and exacerbation frequency with medication use, mortality, sick leaves, disability pensions, health care contacts, and comorbidities among Finnish patients with asthma.

Methods

National longitudinal retrospective data on adult patients naive to biologic asthma therapy were used to match patients on the basis of age, sex, and region across 4 subgroups (55

SUBMITTER: Kankaanranta H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12018094 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature